F110 DME payment file: add a number of lead days to posting and value date

Question

Hello,
For an Italian company, the DME payment file (F110) needs to be checked and approved by an accountant after it is created. This takes 3 to 4 days after which the file is sent to the bank. The bank will reject the file if the value date  is three days late (date which the bank uses to process the file on). For fiscal reasons the accounting clerks need the have the same posting date as the value date
I managed to set the value date in the DME files a couple of days later. The setting I used (FBZP -> bank determination -> value date) adds the number of lead days to the value date on the basis of the posting date as defined by the user in F110. For some reason I cannot set it to 0 days, it always adds up 1 day. Is that a normal effect or have I changed the settings in the wrong way?
I found another setting in customising ("define value date rules") which seems to have the same functionality. In the help function it is said that the setting does not influence the payment program and that the program manages the value date. Is there another setting? Can this problem be solved without the help of a programmer?
Thank you very much!
René
functional consultant
Edited by: ConsultantSAINT-OBAIN on Apr 8, 2010 10:24 AM

Answer 1

Here's a section of code that does exactly that:
CALL FUNCTION 'DATE_CONVERT_TO_FACTORYDATE'
  EXPORTING
    CORRECT_OPTION                     = '+'
    DATE                               = G_WORKAREA3-CREATEDON
    FACTORY_CALENDAR_ID                = L_S_PLANT-FACTCAL_ID
  IMPORTING
*   DATE                               =
   FACTORYDATE                        = L_FCDATE
  EXCEPTIONS
    CALENDAR_BUFFER_NOT_LOADABLE       = 1
    CORRECT_OPTION_INVALID             = 2
    DATE_AFTER_RANGE                   = 3
    DATE_BEFORE_RANGE                  = 4
    DATE_INVALID                       = 5
    FACTORY_CALENDAR_NOT_FOUND         = 6
    OTHERS                             = 7.
  L_FCDATE = L_FCDATE + L_S_ZLEAD-/BIC/ZLEAD.
  CALL FUNCTION 'FACTORYDATE_CONVERT_TO_DATE'
    EXPORTING
      FACTORYDATE                  = L_FCDATE
      FACTORY_CALENDAR_ID          = L_S_PLANT-FACTCAL_ID
    IMPORTING
      DATE                         = L_DATE
    EXCEPTIONS
      CALENDAR_BUFFER_NOT_LOADABLE = 1
      FACTORYDATE_AFTER_RANGE      = 2
      FACTORYDATE_BEFORE_RANGE     = 3
      FACTORYDATE_INVALID          = 4
      FACTORY_CALENDAR_ID_MISSING  = 5
      FACTORY_CALENDAR_NOT_FOUND   = 6
      OTHERS                       = 7.
* result value of the routine
  RESULT = L_DATE.